Childermas
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childermasnounHoly Innocents Day, Dec 28
Childermas
American
[chil-der-muhs]
/ ˈtʃɪl dər məs /
noun
Chiefly British.
childermas
British
/ ˈtʃɪldəˌmæs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Childermas
before 1000; Middle English chyldermasse, equivalent to Old English cildra (genitive plural of cild child ) + mæsse Mass
Example Sentences
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In the Prologue to the Miracle Play, Childermas Day, 1512, the minstrels are requested to 'do their diligence,' and at the end of the Play to 'geve us a daunce.'
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)
Childermas, a festival to commemorate the massacre of the children by Herod.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
And not only among the Romans and Jews, but also among Christians, a like custom of observing such days is used, especially Childermas or Innocent's day.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by Aubrey, John
To marry on Childermas Day was specially inauspicious.
From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.
Childermas was there called Dyzemas and a saying ran: “What is begun on Dyzemas Day will never be finished.”
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
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